Sen. Rand Paul says he was 'attacked by an angry mob' after leaving White House
I love the way ABC notes "claimed", even when it's quite obvious in the video that they were after Senator Paul, his wife and two other women that were simply trying to get to their hotel after watching President Trump's acceptance speech.
[deleted]
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
A video shows Paul being escorted by D.C. police through a crowd of protesters.
By Lauren Lantry andMorgan Winsor August 28, 2020, 9:26 AM • 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article
Sen. Rand Paul claimed he was "attacked by an angry mob" early Friday morning in Washington, D.C., while walking with his wife from the White House after listening to President Donald Trump's closing remarks at the Republican National Convention.
"Just got attacked by an angry mob of over 100, one block away from the White House," Paul said in a post on Twitter, while thanking the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia for "literally saving our lives from a crazed mob."
In one video taken by a bystander who posted it on social media, Paul and his wife Kelley are seen being escorted by police through a rowdy crowd of protesters as the officers shout, "move back." Some protesters can be heard yelling, "say her name" and "Breonna Taylor."
The Republican senator represents Kentucky where Taylor, an unarmed 26-year-old Black woman, was shot to death by police at her home in March.
The officer flanked to Paul's left is seen using his bicycle to hold back protesters. At one point, the officer appears to push a protester with his bike and the individual pushes back hard enough to cause the officer to lose his balance. Paul braces the officer with his arm to keep him from falling.
The video doesn't seem to show Paul or his wife being touched by any protesters. The couple also did not appear to be injured.
Sen. Ted Cruz took to Twitter early Friday to weigh in on the incident, calling it "horrific."
"This madness has to stop," Cruz tweeted.
Tags
Who is online
100 visitors
Poor whiny little bitch Rand can't handle peaceful protesters!!! Poor baby!
A banner night for the left. Attacking senior citizens, shouting the n-word at blacks and calling them uncle Toms.
Demonstrating to the world they are violent racists.
It's like they are doing everything they can to elect Trump by showing how much worse than Trump they are.
Showing their true colors.
We have some of those right here on this site that like to use racial slurs.
You're funny.
As a rubber crutch.
It pretty much showed the true nature of progressive leftists in action. It was great watching them acting all triggered for the nation to see in stark contrast to the beauty of the final night of the GOP Convention. It was funny watching them get so angry over a fireworks display. Trump 2020 was a beauty to behold in the sky last night!
Indeed we do. Particularly if the racial minority, the women, the gays are conservatives.
People who WERE NOT TOUCHED are now described as "attacked". What was he verbally attacked? Like Trump does all day every day?
I heard Paul went out of his way to be "attacked" so he would have this photo op.
I saw Rand Paul's absurd speech at the Republic convention. He needs to be verbally attacked.
They "hurt" his feelings...
where did you hear that Paul went out of his way to be attacked for a photo op?
I am truly curious to know.
oh, I definitely believe it.
Lol
[deleted]
If attacked means being 'pelted with harsh words' I guess they're correct.
Like death threats? That kind of harsh words?
XX , do have a video that shows Rand Paul being attacked? Please post a link to it if you do. I looked at two videos of the scene but neither of them show rand Paul being attacked. There must be another camera angle out there that I havent seen yet.
did you know that an attack can be verbal?
Oh so he got that upset because people yelled at him. ok. The way folks were carrying on about this I thought he had been attacked.
do you know what a verbal attack is?
Well, one of the liberal mantras is "silence is violence". I guess the same can be said about dumb fuks getting in your face making threats......but most libs don't see it that way.
It depends on who's being threatened. If it's someone they like then it's a heinous crime but if it's someone they hate then it's OK because they deserve it. They use the same rule to either condemn or justify violence.
What gives anyone the right to impede someone else's travels?
What gives them the right to shove cops?
Why do some yahoos think this crap is acceptable?
That's what Nathan Phillips asked.
More bullshit debunked....................................
" Nathan Phillips, the Omaha elder seen in the clip, gave interviews in which he said he approached the teenagers—not the other way around —in order to defuse tension between them and some noisy and vulgar street preachers nearby."
Phillips 'travel" was impeded, was it not?
[Deleted]
No.
SMMFH
He didn't intend to travel FFS. He wasn't "moving on". He stopped and parked where he did to "defuse the tension" not to continue on to another area.
[ deleted ]
[ ]
I am afraid the facts won't matter---they haven't yet.
Some still believe the swill handed to them by much of the media.
Far more than you and far less selectively. Also from slate.com:
So, who did he ask, and why? What answer did he get?
Phillips comments are lies.
Nothing more.
High school kids against a pack of "old" black individuals? LMAO those kids would have their asses handed to them as you know as well as I what gang mentality means. One wrong move and you would be surprised (or not) the other individuals that may have shown up. There was no violence. Yeah I am sure they were ready to pounce.........according to that upstanding (read valor thief and liar) self appointed hero. He stepped into their faces NOT the other way around BTFW. Read the first in the line of quotes from the man to begin with. He CHOSE to step in without knowing whether the situation was volatile or not and THEN decided it was an "aw shit" to do so. Should we call him a vigilante?
In the days after the confrontation, Journalists reviewed hours of tapes from multiple points of view and, in their opinion, showed that videos of the event either "[contradicted] or [failed] to confirm accounts provided in that story—including that Phillips was prevented by Sandmann from moving on, that his group had been taunted by the students in the lead-up to the encounter, [that] the students were trying to instigate a conflict,"[35] and the video evidence was consistent with the students' version of events.[36][37] Video footage also showed members of the Black Hebrew Israelites shouting targeted racial insults and slurs at a group of Native Americans and later at the students.[37] Asked why he had approached the group of students, Phillips said that he was trying to defuse a confrontation between the group of students and a small group of Black Hebrew Israelites who were shouting insults and profanities at the students.[29][30] In subsequent interviews Phillips and his associates stated they interpreted the cheers that the students' directed toward their nearby Indigenous Peoples March as racist.[38] From Wikipedia
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/02/...
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/15/695036694
Ya, that's why Sandman sued him for libel too.
Oh wait....
no sense suing him, I don't think he is rich
Total bullshit. Nathan Phillips was the instigator that had every opportunity to move on, but because he wanted to be in the news, he decided that remaining in Sandman's face was more prudent.
Turns out he is nothing more than a dumb fuk.
He knows or should by now.
People block my path all the time. I just politely say excuse me and as if by magic a pathway opens up before me.
Most Lawyers would tell him it's not worth wasting the filing fee.
Yeah, obviously, someone didn't think of that!
Perhaps Paul should have given that a try.
Maybe Phillips should have tried that, too!
Protesters were there first, the video clearly shows the police impeding them.
What gives cops the right to shove them merely because Rand Paul doesn't want to walk around them?
Why do some yahoos think it is okay when the people doing the shoving are Trump supporters, but not when they are Trump opposers?
Protesters have to obey the police orders like other folks.
If one bothers to watch the video, one can easily tell the police were escorting Paul and his wife. The protesters were trying to prevent Paul from going where he wanted to go.
Now you're changing the subject. Can't support your own claim???
Doesn't matter, public street.
No, he just didn't want to walk around them.
In addition to the fact that they are ever expanding the 'perimeter' around the WH. They've put up fencing and last night went out FURTHER and added police tape. How much of DC will Trump commandeer?
That is just fucking asinine. Is the topic not about protesters blocking Paul? And police "shoving" them?
What exact claim did I make that you say I can't back up?
In 61 years, I have never had to have a police escort to walk anywhere. Being a public street doesn't give protesters rights to block traffic.
Probably as much as the Secret Service feels is necessary to allow them to do their sworn duties.
Problem?
NOPE. The topic you responded to was that the protesters were there first.
So you're saying that Rand Paul was blocking traffic too? Since he was on the same street.
it doesn't matter who was there first.
if they didn't obey leo orders, then they are wrong.
pity not all can see tgat
Yes.
Expanding the perimeter may have had more to do with protecting Trump's spectacle from the sound of protesters than with protecting Trump from physical harm.
So if you weren't going to address the actual statement, why did you bother to reply at all?
and?????
why are you so worried about my post?
You replied to mine. Why are you so worried about mine? Get some new spam email you want to try out?
Sorry, but I have neither the time nor the patience to explain in great detail how every post directly relates to every word you write.
Feel free to ignore my posts since they do seem to bother you.
You do understand that when you reply to a post that it notes at the top, exactly who you are replying to,right?
No! No way!
Are you kidding me?
Wow, wow, wow!
Is THAT how it works?
Wow!
Yet instead of addressing them yourself you hide behind another members comments...
Bravo /s
You have to learn to drastically lower your expectations, and then you won't be disappointed when you see posts like that!
Okay, okay, okay.
I'll pretend that you didn't first respond to my post #6 in your post 6.2.
Funny, I didn't say one word about who was where first until you introduced it into the conversation.
See the heading where you responded to my comment #6??
LOL!
Where is the video that shows Rand Paul and his wife being attacked? I'd like to see it. Can someone post a link? The videos I have seen so far don't show any attack so I must be looking at the wrong ones.
I'm sorry the headline wasn't a lot closer to the truth. that tea party POS deserves it.
A little disappointed, are ya?
missed opportunities usually are disappointing and that kentucky tea party moron could use a reality check.
Aw, you sound really, really disappointed.
That's sad.